Enables extremists to reach headland and elude them (6)
I believe the answer is:
escape
'elude them' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'enables extremists to reach headland' is the wordplay.
'extremists' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (letters on the extreme ends of the word).
'to reach' says to put letters next to each other.
'headland' becomes 'cape' (I've seen this before).
'enables' with its centre removed is 'es'.
'es'+'cape'='ESCAPE'
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for escape that I've seen before include "Leak; avoid" , "Gain freedom" , "'Break free, get away (6)'" , "Run away from confinement" , "An outburst" .)